THE BRITTEN-PEARS COLLECTION

 

BENJAMIN BRITTEN / PETER PEARS

 

Billy Budd

 

Peter Pears......Vere

Peter Glossop......Budd

Michael Langdon......Claggart

John Shirley-Quirk......Redburn

Robert Tear

Benjamin Luxon

 

London Symphony Orchestra / Charles Mackerras

 

A black and white studio film recorded by the BBC in 1966.

 

This DVD is part of the Britten-Pears DVD Collection. This collection features four historically and musically significant films from the BBC archives of works and performances by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, one of the greatest English tenors and Britten’s long-term partner and artistic inspiration.

 

None of the films have ever been available before on any home video format.

 

This was the first film of any Britten opera and the only film recording of ‘Billy Budd’ featuring the great Peter Pears as Captain Vere. The cast contains a host of distinguished names with the young Peter Glossop as the hapless sailor Billy, and John Shirley-Quirk, Robert Tear and Benjamin Luxon. The recording was conducted by Charles Mackerras.

 

Extras: Britten - Pears trailer

Disc Format: NTSC DVD 9

Video Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Region Coding: 1-6 (0)

Audio Selection: LPCM Stereo / DTS 5.1 Surround

Subtitles: English, French, German

 

Decca DVD 0743256